TY - JOUR
AU - C. Ticknor
AU - John Bohn
AB - We consider cold collisions of OH  molecules in the  2 Π 3 ∕ 2 ground state, under the influence of a magnetic field. We find that modest fields of several thousand gauss can act to suppress inelastic collisions of weak-field-seeking states by two orders of magnitude. We attribute this suppression to two factors: (i) an indirect coupling of the entrance and the exit channel, in contrast to the effect of an applied electric field; and (ii) the relative shift of the entrance and exit scattering thresholds. In view of these results, magnetic trapping of OH may prove feasible.
BT - Physical Review A
DA - 2005-02
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.022709
N2 - We consider cold collisions of OH  molecules in the  2 Π 3 ∕ 2 ground state, under the influence of a magnetic field. We find that modest fields of several thousand gauss can act to suppress inelastic collisions of weak-field-seeking states by two orders of magnitude. We attribute this suppression to two factors: (i) an indirect coupling of the entrance and the exit channel, in contrast to the effect of an applied electric field; and (ii) the relative shift of the entrance and exit scattering thresholds. In view of these results, magnetic trapping of OH may prove feasible.
PY - 2005
EP - 022709
T2 - Physical Review A
TI - Influence of magnetic fields on cold collisions of polar molecules
VL - 71
SN - 1050-2947
ER -